EFFECT OF BRASSINOLIDE AND MORINGA LEAF EXTRACT FOLIAR APPLICATION ON GROWTH AND MINERAL CONTENT OF LOCAL LEMON TRANSPLANTS

EFFECT OF BRASSINOLIDE AND MORINGA LEAF EXTRACT FOLIAR APPLICATION ON GROWTH AND MINERAL CONTENT OF LOCAL LEMON TRANSPLANTS

L.H.A. AL-KARBOLI and A.M.I. AL-JANABI

Citation: Al-Karboli LHA, Al-Janabi AMI (2024). Effect of brassinolide and moringa leaf extract foliar application on growth and mineral content of local lemon transplants. SABRAO J. Breed. Genet. 56(1): 323- 331://doi.org/10.54910/sabrao2024.56.1.29.

Summary

The prevailing study aimed to assess the brassinolide, and moringa leaf extracts’ foliar application influence on the growth and mineral content of local lemon transplants, commencing in 2022 in a wooden lath house affiliated with the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening, College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq. The experiment’s study factors comprised foliar application of growth regulator brassinolide (B0, B1.0, B1.5, and B2.0 mg L-1) and moringa leaf extracts (M0%, M2%, and M4%) on local lemon. Study elements influenced all characteristics, especially foliar spraying of brassinolide (B1.5 mg L-1), significantly enhancing the number of secondary shoots increment and leaves, leaf area, and leaves’ nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and total chlorophyll content. The growth regulator brassinolide (B1.0 mg L-1) revealed considerable secondary shoot length increment superiority. On spraying of moringa leaf extracts, moringa extract (M4%) achieved a substantial superiority in all the studied traits.

Lemon (Citrus limon Burmann), brassinosteroids, moringa leaf extracts, foliar application, growth traits, mineral content

The lemon vegetative growth and biochemical content traits bore improvement and significant increases, especially by foliar application made with the brassinolide and moringa leaf extracts at the concentrations of 1.5 mg L-1 and 4%, sequentially.

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SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics
56 (1) 323-331, 2024
http://doi.org/10.54910/sabrao2024.56.1.29
http://sabraojournal.org/
pISSN 1029-7073; eISSN 2224-8978

Date published: February 2024

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